I can't get that to work. The 'Dark Tidings' can't be claimed from my Collections, regardless if it's the first alt I completed the mission with or not. So unless I can get a GM to fix it, I'll have to blow a token to get one more Dark Tidings item from the vendor.

So you can play the story or buy the goodies from the vendor, but not both. You said it. Ridiculous.

So we've got to spend Galactic Seasons tokens to get more than 1 alt through the storyline?

The title says it all. I have been unable to find any legacy or Collections point where I can access the starter mission for Season 5. I can however buy the starter token from a vendor for one Galactic Seasons token. Is that the expectation?

Well *somebody* needs to start the slow clap.

None of the PvP or GSF Conquest achievements are counting. I've done 5 GSF battles on a Scout (and 3 of them using *just* a Scout, to make sure) and instead of getting the CQ points for 5 battles on a Scout, I am still at 0/5.

Are you also aware of all the other Conquest Achievements not working properly? PvP, GSF, and Activity Finder aren't tracking counts at all, just to name a few. For example, I've flown a Scout in 5 GSF battles, and the achievement for that still shows me at 0/5. (And I've flown 3 battles with JUST a scout, to make sure of what I was seeing.) Oh, and if I'm tracking a Conquest achievement, it becomes untracked once I change locations via any form of quick travel.

I find it hard to believe that Ultima Online (1997) didn't make the list, even though it's still out there, and Wildstar came and went in a matter of months. Not for nothing, but UO was the gold standard for years, and remained viable until games like SWG and WoW arrived and (especially WoW) siphoned off the vast majority of the UO player base.

For someone that obviously wasn't playing the game back when KOTFE was released or has just forgotten what happened you sure think you've got it all figured out. When Nico was first offered, people subbed in August and then quickly un-subbed, because they didn't want the coat, weapons, speeder, etc. Just Nico. Come time for the release of 4.0, it was revealed that if people weren't subbed for the full 4 months, (FOUR, not one) then no Nico. Sorry, too bad, so sad. It caused a massive uproar on the forums. I know that is correct because I was there. I have never been "unsubbed" for this game. Now you can go pull up all the old screenshots you want, but you're still wrong.

So you weren't playing then, and don't know what you're talking about, but smugly claim victory. Why am I not surprised?

Like so many others, you didn't read the Terms and Conditions, one of which said: "To qualify for the Early Access Bonus, you must have qualified for each of the four rewards by being a subscriber on each of the 4 listed reward dates. Once you qualify you may enter and play Knights of the Fallen Empire on October 20, 2015, seven (7) days prior to live launch on October 27, 2015." That was later interpreted to mean to get Nico, ya had to have been subbed for the full four months. Why do you think there was such an uproar? Were you even playing the game at that time? Because it sure doesn't seem so. Better luck next time.

Actually, I'm quite sure I'm correct because there was a huge uproar when people discovered that they weren't getting the companion they expected because they didn't read the entire offer, which included the notice that a player had to be subscribed for all the months to get all of the rewards. I was possible to sub in September and get things like the guns, etc. but anything previous (in this case, Nico) wasn't awarded. Look, you're welcome to bloviate to your little heart's content, but don't try and create what I'm saying out of whole cloth.. Where have I written that I have strong feelings either way? Aside from saying this is a failure on BioWare's part because a "subscriber reward" that an existing subscriber already has is no reward at all, but an act of laziness, I've expressed no opinion. As far as value, you would think BioWare would consider the value of a current continuous subscriber vs. the value of a one-month sub that many people will jump on to get the Nico and Shae companions. It's a bad idea to chase new subscribers while insulting your current subscribers. If it's a money-grab BioWare wanted, they should have just offered them in the Cartel Market for an insane amount of coins. But no. The current plan causes the kind of uproar which allows people like you to come and post your hollow little arguments like, "you know what you signed up for, you agreed to this and that, blah blah blah". Go you, I'm sure that's getting you lots of cheers and whistles from the cheap seats.

What bothers me the most about this latest little fiasco disguised as a subscriber reward is that there was apparently no one around with a solid memory of the game. I mean, imagine this discussion in the Community Relations office: First Person: Let's have a contest on Facebook and Twitter where players can vote for their favorite companions! In the end, we'll give every subscriber Nico and Shae as rewards! Second Person: That's a great idea! (What is missing is the) Third Person with institutional memory: Wait, what? That's a terrible idea! We gave out Nico as a subscriber reward as part of a huge multi-month ramp up to 4.0, and then we gave out Shae as a subscriber reward shortly after her Chapter in KOTFE. It's not much of a reward to loyal subscribers if they already have an item, now is it? Let's think of something original. So at this point, my "reward" for being an uninterrupted subscriber since pre-launch is "tough rocks" for the month of April 2018.

Yes, I would.

Yes, and then some! Nico was the "first" reward, and you had to be subbed by the August cutoff. The (first) war started when people found out that when they un-subbed after August, they wouldn't get Nico (or anything else), because of the offer specifically stating you needed to be subscribed for all 3 or 4 months. The second forum war started when people wanted BioWare to bring Nico back as a CM purchase or as part of another "event". It was not pretty either time.